Yatsenyuk: Russia eager to deprive Ukraine of $2 bln from gas transit

The construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, funded by the government of the Russian Federation, seeks to deprive Ukraine of its transit potential and income from direct transit of gas from Russia to Europe in the amount of about $2 billion per year, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said during his speech in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.